Khoonmengia Honbaensis, a new genus and species of temperate bambo (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) from Central-Southern Vietnam
Arundinarieae, Khoonmengia, is established to accommodate a unique new bamboo species, K. honbaensis, from central-southern Vietnam. The morphological features, habitats and distribution of Khoonmengia and related genera, i.e. Ampelocalamus and Hsuehochloa, are compared.
In order to investigate the phylogenetic position of this unknown bamboo, molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the nuclear gene GBSSI were also conducted, and the results proved that K. honbaensis is definitely a member of Arundinarieae with an isolated position, which also indicated that this species could not be assigned to any of the already described genera and supported the establishment of the new genus.
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Khoonmengia honbaensis A habit; B leafy branches; C branch complement; D node with buds breaking out of the culm sheath base; E node with bud inside the intact culm sheath; F culm sheath; G leafy branches at culm apex (G1 Slender branches, G2 Dominant branch); H leaf sheath; I florets; J synflorescence composed of only one spikelet; K infructescence
Comparison of buds A Khoonmengia honbaensis, showing elliptic bud wholly sunken into culm (From N. H. Xia et al. BVN2017048) B Hsuehochloa calcarea, showing elliptic bud wholly sunken into culm (From Y. Y. Zhang zyy-030, IBSC) C Ampelocalamus actinotrichus, showing ovate bud with the base sunken into culm (From N. H. Xia et al. HN-025, IBSC) D Ampelocalamus melicoideus, showing broad ovate bud not sunken into culm (From Y. Y. Zhang zyy-033, IBSC). Scale bars: 1 cm (A, C, D); 5 mm (B)
Source: Vu Tien Chinh, Vietnam National Museum of Nature, VAST
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